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How were barrels made at Mount Vernon?

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How were buckets and barrels handmade in the late 1700s? Marshall Scheetz, a colonial cooper or barrel maker, demonstrates the era’s tools and traditional building methods in this how-it’s-made video from President George Washington‘s historic Mount Vernon residence. Watch how Scheetz shapes the wood staves and then stacks them expertly...

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